DFW - Designing Future Wheat - Work package 1 (WP1) - Increased efficiency and sustainability

Repository project

Project dates01 Apr 2017 to end of 31 Mar 2022
Researchers
Principal InvestigatorMalcolm Hawkesford
FunderBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Project numberI0220
DepartmentPlant Sciences
Research fish codeBBS/E/C/000I0220
Grant IDBBS/E/C/000I0220

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Physical robustness of canopy temperature models for crop heat stress simulation across environments and production conditions

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Webber, H., White, J. W., Kimball, B. A., Ewert, F., Asseng, S., Rezaei, E. E., Pinter, P. J., Hatfield, J., Reynolds, M. P., Ababaei, B., Bindi, M, Doltra, J., Ferrise, R., Kage, Henning, Kassie, B.T., Kersebaum, K.-C., Luig, A., Olesen, J. E., Semenov, M. A., Stratonovitch, P., Ratjen, A. M., LaMorte, R. L., Leavitt, S. W., Hunsaker, D. J., Wall, G. W. and Martre, P. 2017. Physical robustness of canopy temperature models for crop heat stress simulation across environments and production conditions. Field Crops Research. 216, pp. 75-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2017.11.005

Reduced free asparagine in wheat grain resulting from a natural deletion of TaASNB2: investigating and exploiting diversity in the asparagine synthetase gene family to improve wheat quality

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Oddy, J., Alarcon-Reverte, R., Wilkinson, M. D., Ravet, K., Raffan, S., Minter, A., Mead, A., Elmore, J. S., Moreira de Almeida, I., Cryer, N., Halford, N. G. and Pearce, S. 2021. Reduced free asparagine in wheat grain resulting from a natural deletion of TaASNB2: investigating and exploiting diversity in the asparagine synthetase gene family to improve wheat quality. BMC Plant Biology. 21 (1), p. 302. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-021-03058-7

Reference gene selection for quantitative RT-PCR normalisation in barley under low nitrogen

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Chen, Z., Li, Y., Liu, C., Wang, Y., He, T., Guo, G., Fang, C., Gao, R., Xu, H., Zhou, L., Huang, J., Halford, N. G. and Lu, R. 2018. Reference gene selection for quantitative RT-PCR normalisation in barley under low nitrogen. Journal of Cereal Science. 82 (July), pp. 213-215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcs.2018.06.014

Remobilisation of phosphorus fractions in rice flag leaves during grain filling: Implications for photosynthesis and grain yields

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Jeong, K., Julia, C. C., Water, D. L. E., Pantoja, O., Wissuwa, M., Heuer, S., Liu, L. and Rose, T. J. 2017. Remobilisation of phosphorus fractions in rice flag leaves during grain filling: Implications for photosynthesis and grain yields. PLOS ONE. 12 (11), p. e0187521. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187521

Rice auxin influx carrier OsAUX1 facilitates root hair elongation in response to low external phosphate

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Giri, J., Bhosale, R., Huang, G., Pandey, B. K., Parker, H., Zappala, S., Yang, J., Dievart, A., Bureau, C., Ljung, K., Price, A., Rose, T., Larrieu, A., Mairhofer, S., Sturrock, C. J., White, P., Dupuy, L., Hawkesford, M. J., Perin, C., Liang, W., Peret, B., Hodgman, C. T., Lynch, J., Wissuwa, M., Zhang, D., Pridmore, T., Mooney, S. J., Guiderdoni, E., Swarup, R. and Bennett, M. J. 2018. Rice auxin influx carrier OsAUX1 facilitates root hair elongation in response to low external phosphate. Nature Communications. 9, p. 1408. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03850-4

RNA Catabolites Contribute to the Nitrogen Pool and Support Growth Recovery of Wheat

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Melino, V. J., Casartelli, A., George, J., Rupasinghe, T., Roessner, U., Okamoto, M. and Heuer, S. 2018. RNA Catabolites Contribute to the Nitrogen Pool and Support Growth Recovery of Wheat. Frontiers in Plant Science. 9, p. 1539. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01539

Scalable Database Indexing and Fast Image Retrieval Based on Deep Learning and Hierarchically Nested Structure Applied to Remote Sensing and Plant Biology

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Sadeghi-Tehran, P., Angelov, P., Virlet, N. and Hawkesford, M. J. 2019. Scalable Database Indexing and Fast Image Retrieval Based on Deep Learning and Hierarchically Nested Structure Applied to Remote Sensing and Plant Biology. Journal of Imaging. 5 (3), p. 33. https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging5030033

Sequence diversity and Identification of novel puroindoline and grain softness protein alleles in Elymus, Agropyron and related species

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Wilkinson, M. D., King, R. and Grimaldi, R. 2018. Sequence diversity and Identification of novel puroindoline and grain softness protein alleles in Elymus, Agropyron and related species. Diversity. 10 (4), p. 114. https://doi.org/10.3390/d10040114

Shaping an Optimal Soil by Root–Soil Interaction

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Jin, K., White, P. J., Whalley, W. R., Shen, J. and Shi, L. 2017. Shaping an Optimal Soil by Root–Soil Interaction. Trends in Plant Science. 22 (10), pp. 823-829. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2017.07.008

Spatiotemporal expression patterns of wheat amino acid transporters reveal their putative roles in nitrogen transport and responses to abiotic stress

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Wan, Y., King, R., Mitchell, R. A. C., Hassani-Pak, K. and Hawkesford, M. J. 2017. Spatiotemporal expression patterns of wheat amino acid transporters reveal their putative roles in nitrogen transport and responses to abiotic stress. Scientific Reports. 7 (1), p. 5461. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04473-3

Stability of wheat grain yields over three field seasons in the UK

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Pennacchi, J., Carmo-Silva, E., Andralojc, P. J., Lawson, T., Allen, M. A., Raines, C. A. and Parry, M. A. J. 2019. Stability of wheat grain yields over three field seasons in the UK. Food and Energy Security. 8 (2), p. e00147. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.147

Sulfur metabolism in Allium cepa is hardly affected by chloride and sulfate salinity

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Aghajanzadeh, T. A., Reich, M., Hawkesford, M. J. and Burow, M. 2018. Sulfur metabolism in Allium cepa is hardly affected by chloride and sulfate salinity . Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science. https://doi.org/10.1080/03650340.2018.1540037

Targeting carbon for crop yield and drought resilience

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Griffiths, C. A. and Paul, M. J. 2017. Targeting carbon for crop yield and drought resilience. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 97 (14), pp. 4663-4671. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.8501

Temperature and nitrogen supply interact to determine protein distribution gradients in the wheat grain endosperm

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Savill, G. P., Michalski, A., Powers, S. J., Wan, Y., Tosi, P., Buchner, P. H. and Hawkesford, M. J. 2018. Temperature and nitrogen supply interact to determine protein distribution gradients in the wheat grain endosperm. Journal of Experimental Botany. 69 (12), pp. 3117-3126. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ery127

The effect of microbial activity on soil water diffusivity

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Choudhury, B. U., Ferraris, S., Ashton, R. W., Powlson, D. S. and Whalley, W. R. 2018. The effect of microbial activity on soil water diffusivity. European Journal of Soil Science. 69 (3), pp. 407-413. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12535

The Role of Trehalose 6-Phosphate in Crop Yield and Resilience

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Paul, M. J., Gonzalez-Uriarte, A., Griffiths, C. A. and Hassani-Pak, K. 2018. The Role of Trehalose 6-Phosphate in Crop Yield and Resilience. Plant Physiology. 177, pp. 12-23. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.17.01634

The role of ZIP transporters and group F bZIP transcription factors in the Zn-deficiency response of wheat (Triticum aestivum).

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Evens, N. P., Buchner, P. H., Williams, L. E. and Hawkesford, M. J. 2017. The role of ZIP transporters and group F bZIP transcription factors in the Zn-deficiency response of wheat (Triticum aestivum). The Plant Journal. 92 (2), pp. 291-304. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.13655

Time-intensive geoelectrical monitoring under winter wheat

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Blanchy, G., Virlet, N., Sadeghi-Tehran, P., Watts, C. W., Hawkesford, M. J., Whalley, W. R. and Binley, A. 2020. Time-intensive geoelectrical monitoring under winter wheat . Near Surface Geophysics. https://doi.org/10.1002/nsg.12107

Transcriptional response of rice flag leaves to restricted external phosphorus supply during grain filling in rice cv IR64

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Jeong, K., Pantoja, O., Baten, A., Waters, D., Kretzschmar, T., Wissuwa, M., Juila, C. C., Heuer, S. and Rose, T. J. 2018. Transcriptional response of rice flag leaves to restricted external phosphorus supply during grain filling in rice cv IR64. PLOS ONE. 13 (9), p. e0203654. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203654

Trehalose 6-phosphate regulates photosynthesis and assimilate partitioning in reproductive tissue

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Paul, M. J., Oszvald, M., Primavesi, L. F. and Griffiths, C. A. 2018. Trehalose 6-phosphate regulates photosynthesis and assimilate partitioning in reproductive tissue. Plant Physiology. 176 (2). https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.17.01673

Understanding the Relationships between Free Asparagine in Grain and Other Traits to Breed Low-Asparagine Wheat

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Oddy, J., Raffan, S., Wilkinson, M. D., Elmore, J. S. and Halford, N. G. 2022. Understanding the Relationships between Free Asparagine in Grain and Other Traits to Breed Low-Asparagine Wheat. Plants - Basel. 11 (5), p. 669. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11050669

What are the regulatory targets for intervention in assimilate partitioning to improve crop yield and resilience?

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Paul, M. J. 2021. What are the regulatory targets for intervention in assimilate partitioning to improve crop yield and resilience? Journal of Plant Physiology. 266, p. 153537. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2021.153537

Wheat with greatly reduced accumulation of free asparagine in the grain, produced by CRISPR/Cas9 editing of asparagine synthetase gene TaASN2

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Raffan, S., Sparks, C. A., Huttly, A. K., Hyde, L., Martignago, D., Mead, A., Hanley, S. J., Wilkinson, P., Barker, G., Edwards, K. J., Curtis, T. Y., Usher, S. L., Kosik, O. and Halford, N. G. 2021. Wheat with greatly reduced accumulation of free asparagine in the grain, produced by CRISPR/Cas9 editing of asparagine synthetase gene TaASN2 . Plant Biotechnology Journal. 19 (8), pp. 1602-1613. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.13573

Where are the drought tolerant crops? An assessment of more than two decades of plant biotechnology effort in crop improvement

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Nuccio, M. L., Paul, M. J., Bate, N. J., Cohn, J. and Cutler, S. R. 2018. Where are the drought tolerant crops? An assessment of more than two decades of plant biotechnology effort in crop improvement. Plant Science. 273 (August), pp. 110-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.01.020

Why do crop models diverge substantially in climate impact projections? A comprehensive analysis based on eight barley crop models

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Tao, F., Palosuo, T., Rotter, R. P., Hernandez Diaz-Ambrona, C. G., Minguez, M. I., Semenov, M. A., Kersebaum, K. C., Cammarano, D., Specka, X., Nendel, C., Srivastava, A. K., Ewert, F., Padovan, G., Ferrise, R., Martre, P., Rodriguez, L., Ruiz-Ramos, M., Gaiser, T., Hohn, J. G., Salo, T., Dibari, C. and Schulman, A. H. 2020. Why do crop models diverge substantially in climate impact projections? A comprehensive analysis based on eight barley crop models. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 281, p. 107851. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.107851